About Spring Garden School No. 1
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures
Spring Garden School No. 1 is a historic school building located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1927-1928. It is a three-story, three bay brick building in the Moderne-style. It features a limestone entrance surround, a limestone parapet, and decorative tile.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. By 2013 the building had been abandoned. As of 2016 the building had old textbooks and graffiti inside. Around that period there was a plan to convert the buildings into apartments for disadvantaged elderly people.